All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2013 // A Democratic senator who helped craft President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law gave the administration “a failing grade” on Wednesday for its efforts to educate the public and small employers...
Apr 15 2013 // The highly touted package of school security bills that have passed the Oklahoma Legislature and now wait only for Gov. Mary Fallin’s likely signature won’t make schools much safer, at least in the short term,...
Apr 11 2013 // The nonprofit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers received $75,860 from the employees of insurance agency BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. along with Jim and Kathy Pender, Marc Brynes and The Oswald Companies.DVIC is a...
Apr 11 2013 // Interest in personal liability insurance for firearms owners has expanded with the media focus on gun-centric events and the public discussion of liability issues.While coverage is available through gun owner associations...
Apr 10 2013 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, is making its biggest push yet to try to improve conditions at factories that produce its clothing after a fire at a Bangladesh factory last year killed 112...
Apr 8 2013 // Manchester United plc and Aon plc have announced what is described as an “innovative new business partnership.” Their current tie-up, which began with the 2010-11 football (soccer)season, will be extended for...
Apr 8 2013 // The road to becoming a successful independent insurance agent is not always easy. The economy and often volatile property/casualty insurance market cycle are just two of the potholes agents must maneuver. Young agents in...
Apr 8 2013 // Workers 45 and over account for 48 percent of the insurance industry’s workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics This means nearly half of the workforce will be retired or on the verge of retirement in...
Apr 8 2013 // For the first time in history, American companies now have five generations of employees in the workforce: the silent generation (born 1925-45); baby boomers (1946-64), generation X (1964-80); generation Y (1980-90) and...
Apr 8 2013 // In North America and Europe, there are more than 210 insurance and insurance-related professional designations that are available for property/casualty, life, health, benefits, actuarial and other financial services...
Apr 5 2013 // Starr Aviation (Starr), a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., has partnered with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and Redbird Flight Simulations (Redbird) to reward participation of insureds...
Apr 4 2013 // A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department claiming the company used federal money to lobby for new government customers for a...
Apr 4 2013 // Indiana’s public and charter schools would be required to have an employee carry a loaded gun during school in order to respond quickly to attacks under a proposal an Indiana House committee approved April...
Apr 3 2013 // A bill that would have allowed public school districts across Oklahoma to decide whether to let teachers be armed in classrooms won’t be granted a hearing in the Senate and likely is dormant this session, the...
Apr 3 2013 // Warwick, RI, 04/03/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing, technology, and training provider for insurance agencies and brokerages, is thrilled to announce early bird pricing for the upcoming E-Agent Summit taking...
Apr 1 2013 // Warwick, RI, 04/01/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Florida and surrounding...
Mar 27 2013 // A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified in New Orleans that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and...
Mar 26 2013 // Come summer, at least 535 trained guides will start fanning out across Arkansas, knocking on doors, setting up folding chairs in community centers and handing out brochures to spread the word across Arkansas about the...
Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal‘s own Don Jergler recently tackled the controversy triggered when Yahoo ended its liberal work-at-home policy. The tech firm decided that employees who work in offices with others have more...
Mar 22 2013 // A marijuana proposal aimed at training people who work in medical marijuana businesses awaits the governor’s pen in Colorado.The Senate voted 23-12 Tuesday to create a “responsible medical marijuana...